Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Bricklayer AI Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Tech Square Ventures
Arlington-based Bricklayer AI, an agentic cybersecurity platform for SOCs, raised $5M in a Seed round led by Tech Square Ventures with participation from Sovereign’s Capital, Dreamit Ventures and BlueWing Ventures. The company will use the funding to advance its AI-driven security operations offerings and expand enterprise engagements.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Hulo Raises €2.3M Seed Round to Scale AI-Driven Water Leak Detection
Dutch WaterTech startup Hulo raised €2.3M in a seed round led by VP Capital and LUMO Labs, with participation from Vanagon, Rabobank, FOM and the Netherlands Enabling Water Technology fund (NEW). The company will use the funding to accelerate deployment...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Syntracts Raises $5.3M Seed Round Led by Hyperplane
Syntracts, an API-first contract intelligence platform based in Washington, DC, raised $5.3M in a seed funding round led by Hyperplane with participation from Khosla Ventures, Top Harvest Capital, Fortitude Ventures and continued support from Myriad Venture Partners and Point72 Ventures....
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
ShopMy Raises $70M at $1.5B Valuation to Expand Curated Commerce Infrastructure
Shop My Shelf, Inc. (dba ShopMy) raised $70M in a growth-stage funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation. The round was led by Avenir with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and several strategic and angel...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
GradBridge Raises $20M Series A to Launch Private Student Loan Product
GradBridge, a Wilmington, DE fintech focused on second-look private student lending, closed a $20M Series A led by Acorn Investment Partners (a portfolio company of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management). The company will use the funding to launch a...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Uniphore Raises $260M Series F at $2.5B Valuation
Uniphore, a Palo Alto-based Business AI company, closed a $260M Series F round priced at a $2.5B valuation. Lead and participating backers include NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, Databricks Ventures, NEA, March Capital, BNF Capital, National Grid Partners and Prosperity7 Ventures. Proceeds...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Catalyst OrthoScience Raises $15M Growth Financing Led by RC Capital
Catalyst OrthoScience closed $15M in combined equity and debt financing to advance its shoulder arthroplasty product development and commercialization. The round was led by RC Capital with participation from Mutual Capital Partners, Dr. Derace Schaffer and Western Alliance Bank.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Avride Raises Up to $375M in Strategic Investment From Uber and Nebius
Avride secured strategic investments and commercial commitments totaling up to $375M from Uber Technologies, Inc. and Nebius Group to expand its autonomous driving and robotaxi efforts, accelerate fleet growth, and support AI-driven product development. The funding builds on a 2024...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Wolf Games Raises $9M Series A Led by Main Street Advisors
Wolf Games, a generative entertainment company, closed a $9 million Series A on 2025-10-22 led by Main Street Advisors. The round included participation from Maverick Carter, Tom Werner, Rashid Johnson, and returning investors Dick Wolf, Jimmy Iovine, and Paul Wachter.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
CurbWaste Raises $28M Series B to Scale Operating System for Independent Haulers
CurbWaste announced a $28M Series B led by Socium Ventures with participation from Flourish Ventures, TTV Capital, B Capital Group and Squarepoint. The round brings CurbWaste's total funding to $50M to expand its operating system for independent waste haulers.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Sumble Raises $38.5M in Seed and Series A Round Led by Canaan Partners and Coatue
Sumble, a San Francisco-based provider of a platform delivering actionable data to GTM teams, raised $38.5M across Seed and Series A financing. The round was led by Canaan Partners and Coatue with participation from Square Peg Capital, Zetta Venture Partners,...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
ShopMy Raises $70M at $1.5B Valuation Led by Avenir
Shop My Shelf, Inc. (ShopMy) has raised $70M in a growth-stage funding round at a $1.5B valuation. The round was led by Avenir with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and several strategic individuals and firms.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Streetbeat Raises $15M Series A to Scale AI Intelligence Platform
Streetbeat, an AI-powered intelligence platform for financial professionals and retail investors, raised $15M in a Series A round led by CDP Venture Capital (AI Fund) with participation from TTV Capital, Monte Carlo Capital and 3Lines VC. The funding brings total...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Ampa Raises $8.5M in Pre‑A Round Led by Nexus NeuroTech Ventures
Ampa, a Palo Alto-based neurotechnology company, raised $8.5M in a Pre‑A funding round led by Nexus NeuroTech Ventures with participation from Satori Capital, Morningside Ventures, Continuum Health Ventures and the Zabara Foundation, plus individual investors. Proceeds will be used to...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Ampa Raises $8.5M Oversubscribed Seed Round Led by Nexus NeuroTech Ventures
Ampa announced an $8.5M oversubscribed funding round led by Nexus NeuroTech Ventures and launched a nationwide rollout of its FDA-cleared Ampa One system. The raise follows Ampa emerging from stealth four months earlier and supports commercial expansion of its non-invasive...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Bricklayer AI Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Tech Square Ventures
Bricklayer AI, an agentic cybersecurity platform for Security Operations Centers, raised a $5 million Series Seed round led by Tech Square Ventures with participation from Sovereign's Capital, Dreamit Ventures, and BlueWing Ventures. The round was oversubscribed and the company joined...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
UnifyApps Raises $50M Series B to Expand AI Enterprise OS
UnifyApps, an NYC-based provider of an enterprise operating system for AI, raised $50M in a Series B round led by WestBridge Capital with participation from ICONIQ and others. The funding (bringing total funding to $81M) will be used to grow...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Acoru Raises €10M Series A to Scale AI-Driven AML and Fraud Prevention
Madrid-based Acoru raised €10M in a Series A round led by 33N Ventures with participation from existing investors Adara Ventures and Athos Capital. The funds will be used to expand operations and accelerate product development for its AI-enabled fraud and...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Pavewise Raises $2.5M Seed Round Led by C2 Ventures
Pavewise, a Bismarck, ND-based platform for road construction project efficiency and compliance, raised $2.5M in a seed round led by C2 Ventures with participation from Connectic, Service Provider Capital, Geoff Judge, Tom Stemm, M25, gener8tor 1889 and Broadwater Capital. The...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Tesser Raises $4.5M Seed to Build Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure
Tesser announced a $4.5M seed round to build a stablecoin payments solution, led by Castle Island Ventures with participation from Strobe Ventures, Anthemis and other strategic investors. The funding will support product and go-to-market expansion for licensed institutions seeking compliant...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Cybrid Raises $10M Series A Led by BDC Capital
Cybrid, a platform for compliant stablecoins and fiat payment infrastructure, raised $10 million in a Series A round led by the Growth Venture Fund at BDC Capital with participation from Golden Ventures, Luge Capital, and Panache Ventures. Proceeds will accelerate...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Moberg Analytics Raises $600,000 Seed to Commercialize ICU Brain-Monitoring Platform
Moberg Analytics secured $600,000 in a seed round to accelerate commercialization of its Moberg Clinical Platform, a multimodal brain data and analytics system for ICUs. The round was led by Ben Franklin Technology Partners and included Overbrook Capital and MVP...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
VitriVax Raises $17.25M Series B Led by Adjuvant Capital and RA Capital
VitriVax, a vaccine formulation technology company, raised $17.25M in a Series B financing co-led by Adjuvant Capital and RA Capital Management to fund development and commercialization of its ALTA technology. The round aims to support continued advancement of thermostable antigen...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Craft Ventures Leads $42 Million Series A for Govtech Startup Starbridge
Starbridge, a govtech platform that aggregates public-sector buying data and adds AI workflows for sales teams, raised $42 million in a Series A led by Craft Ventures. Other investors include Owl Ventures, CommonWeal Ventures and Autotech Ventures; the company has...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
CurbWaste Raises $28M Series B to Scale Operating System for Independent Haulers
CurbWaste, a NYC-based operating system for independent waste haulers, raised $28M in a Series B round led by Socium Ventures with participation from Flourish Ventures, TTV Capital, B Capital Group and Squarepoint. The funding brings total capital to $50M and...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Cybrid Raises $10M Series A Led by BDC Capital’s Growth Venture Fund
Toronto-based Cybrid, a platform for compliant stablecoins and fiat payment infrastructure, raised $10M in a Series A round led by the Growth Venture Fund at BDC Capital, with participation from Golden Ventures, Luge Capital and Panache Ventures. The company will...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Sizable Energy Raises $8M to Advance Offshore Pumped Hydro Storage
Sizable Energy, a Milan-based long-duration ocean energy storage company, raised $8M in a funding round led by Playground Global with participation from Exa Ventures, Verve Ventures, Satgana, EDEN/IAG and Unruly Capital. The company will use the proceeds to accelerate development...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Smartbax Closes €4.7M First Tranche of Pre-Series A Round
Munich-based biotech smartbax has held the first closing of a €4.7M Pre-Series A financing round led by Anobis Asset and Bayern Kapital, with participation from UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators, HTGF and Boehringer. The funding will support development of next-generation antibiotics...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Catalyst OrthoScience Raises $15M Growth Financing Led by RC Capital
Catalyst OrthoScience closed $15 million in a combined equity and debt growth financing led by RC Capital, with participation from Mutual Capital Partners, Dr. Derace Schaffer, and Western Alliance Bank. The funding will support the company's surgeon-focused shoulder arthroplasty technology...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Peregrine Energy Solutions Raises $130M From Consortium Including South Korea Ministry and IMM
Peregrine Energy Solutions raised $130 million in new capital from a consortium led by the Ministry of Environment of South Korea, IMM Investment, Woori Private Equity Asset Management and funds managed by AB CarVal to accelerate its U.S. utility-scale battery...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
GradBridge Raises $20M Series A to Launch Second‑Look Student Loan Product
GradBridge closed a $20M Series A to fund the launch of a private student loan product for students who have exhausted federal and private options. The round was led by Acorn Investment Partners, a portfolio company of funds managed by...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Throne Labs Raises $15M in Series B Initial Close Led by Brentwood Associates
Throne Labs, a Washington, DC-based smart infrastructure operator of connected public restrooms, held the initial close of a $15M Series B led by Brentwood Associates with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures, Dipalo Ventures, Rabil Ventures, and Arpinine Management. The company will...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Tesser Raises $4.5M Seed Round Led by Castle Island Ventures
Tesser Payments, a NYC-based stablecoin payments startup, raised $4.5M in a seed round led by Castle Island Ventures with participation from Strobe Ventures, Anthemis and other strategic investors. Funds will be used to expand operations and accelerate product development.
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
ENA Respiratory Raises $22.4M in Series B to Advance Antiviral Host Defense Programs
ENA Respiratory, a Melbourne clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing antiviral host defense enhancers, secured $22.4M (AUD34M) in a Series B round led by existing and new backers to advance its clinical programs. Investors include the Gates Foundation, Flu Lab, Brandon Capital,...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Arbor Energy Secures $55M Series A Co-Led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures
Arbor Energy, a clean power company based in El Segundo, CA, raised $55M in a Series A round co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures, with participation from Gigascale Capital and Marathon Petroleum Corporation. The company will use the funds...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
PleoPharma Raises $36M in Series B to Advance Cannabis-Related Therapies
PleoPharma, a clinical-stage company developing treatments for cannabis-related neuropsych and addiction issues, closed a $36M Series B financing. The round was undisclosed as to backers and will support clinical development efforts under CEO Ginger Constantine, MD.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Estuary Raises $17M Series A Led by M13
Estuary, a right-time data platform for enterprises addressing AI data bottlenecks, raised $17 million in a Series A round led by M13 with participation from Firstmark and Operator Partners. The funding will accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts to simplify...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Bronto Raises $14M Seed Round Led by Cercano Management
Bronto, a Dublin-based log data platform, raised $14M in a seed funding round led by Cercano Management with participation from Heavybit Venture Capital and Conviction Capital. The company will use the proceeds to build go-to-market and engineering functions.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Anrok Raises $55M Series C Led by Spark Capital
Anrok, a San Francisco-based global sales tax compliance platform, raised $55M in a Series C round led by Spark Capital with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures. The financing brings Anrok’s total funding to over...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Knack Raises Series B Led by New Markets Venture Partners
Knack, a student success technology platform for higher education, raised a Series B funding round led by New Markets Venture Partners and appointed Megan Dusenbery as CEO. The round will support scaling peer learning and tutoring programs across partner institutions.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Acelab Raises $13.5M Series A Led by Navitas Capital
Acelab, a NYC-based developer of an AI-powered platform for researching and documenting building materials, raised $13.5M in a Series A round led by Navitas Capital with participation from JLL Spark, DivcoWest and strategic investors. The round brings Acelab’s total funding...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Hyro Raises $45M Growth Round Led by Healthier Capital
Hyro, a New York City-based responsible AI agent platform for healthcare, raised $45M in growth financing led by Healthier Capital, with participation from Norwest, Define Ventures, Bon Secours Mercy Health and ServiceNow Ventures. The round will support Hyro's expansion of...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Diversis Capital Closes $1.2B Fund III to Back Software and Tech-Enabled Services
Diversis Capital Management closed Diversis Capital Partners III, L.P. with over $1.2 billion of total commitments from a global mix of institutional investors, including endowments, foundations, investment advisers and fund-of-funds. The fund will invest in software and technology-enabled services companies.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Lette AI Raises $1.4M Pre-Seed to Scale Agentic AI for Property Teams
Dublin-based Lette AI raised $1.4M in a pre-seed round led by Pitchdrive with participation from Baseline Venture, Lugus Capital and angel investors including Mark Ransford and Conor Sheridan (Nory AI). The company will use proceeds to grow the team and...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Estuary Raises $17M Series A Led by M13
Estuary, a NYC-based right-time data platform, raised $17M in a Series A round led by M13 with participation from Firstmark and Operator Partners. The company will use the funds to expand engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to scale its platform.
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
ChipAgents Raises $21M Series A Led by Bessemer to Scale Agentic AI for Chip Design
ChipAgents closed a $21M Series A on 2025-10-21 led by Bessemer Venture Partners with strategic participation from Micron, MediaTek, Ericsson, ScOp Venture Capital, Amino Capital and notable angels. The funding will accelerate product development, customer acquisition, and industry partnerships for...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Findem Secures $51M Series C to Expand AI Talent Acquisition Platform
Findem, an AI-driven talent acquisition and management platform based in San Francisco, raised $51M in a Series C led by SLW with participation from Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital and Four Rivers Group, plus growth financing from J.P. Morgan. The capital...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Faeth Therapeutics Raises $25M Led by S2G Investments
Faeth Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech focused on tumor metabolism, raised $25M in a financing round led by S2G Investments with participation from Khosla Ventures, Future Ventures, Digitalis Ventures, KdT Ventures, Cantos, B Capital Group and Avicella. The new capital brings...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Casium Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Maverick Ventures
Casium, a Seattle-based AI-powered immigration and mobility platform for enterprises, raised $5M in a seed financing led by Maverick Ventures with participation from AI2 Incubator, GTMfund, Success Venture Partners, and angel Jake Heller. The company will use the proceeds to...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Sesame Raises $250M Series B to Build Conversational AI Smart Glasses, Opens Beta
Sesame, a conversational-AI startup building lightweight smart glasses and personal AI voices, raised $250 million in a Series B round and has opened an early beta of its iOS app to select testers. Investors include Sequoia and Spark, with other...
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